jabber
jabber
Definition
jab·ber (jab′ər)
intransitive verb, transitive verb
to speak or say quickly, incoherently, or nonsensically; chatter; gibber
Etymology: LME jaberen: prob. echoic
noun
fast, incoherent, nonsensical talk; gibberish
jab′·berer noun
jabber
Synonyms
jabber
Telecom Definition
Meaningless data introduced into a local area network (LAN), usually as the result of a malfunctioning transceiver, transceiver cable, or network interface card (NIC). See also LAN, NIC, and transceiver.
Jabber
Telecom Definition
An XML-based instant messaging (IM) system written as an open source application by Jeremie Miller in 1998. See also IM, open source, and XML.
jabber
Usage Examples
Object
- word: Presently the captain of the pirates stuck his head out of the cabin door, jabbered some unintelligible words and pointed to the sails.
Converse of object
- select: To publish your own plan, the very first time you need to select the menu option Jabber... Plans... Init my plan.
Modifies a noun
- server: Hopefully this will make it easier for you to set up your own Jabber server.
- client: This jabber bot client must be running in order to use the SimLink system.
- work: More about file transfers in How does the file transfer in jabber work?
Modifying Another Word
- away: He'll be jabbering away at all our players from the moment they get to the crease.
- excitedly: Zul and Zel snuffed at the air with suspicion and jabbered excitedly to each other in their halfling tongue.
Followed by an intransitive particle
- away: You seem to think that to be qualified to comment on something simply requires that you can open your mouth and jabber away.
Noun used with modifier
- talk: Wednesday, 24 August, 2005 Google Talks Jabber - now!
- someone: How can someone jabber on for so many years and not really say anything?
- abba: ABBA jabber is a collections of our recently published articles.
- menu: To publish your own plan, the very first time you need to select the menu option Jabber... Plans... Init my plan.
